Card-holder



A. E. DELANEY.

CARD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1920.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW E. DELANEY, 0F ASHLAND, WISCONSIN.

CARD-HOLDER.

Application filed June 24, 1920.

Z '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW E. DELANEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ashland, in the county of Ashland and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Card-Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

It is the object of this invention to provide novel means whereby a cardmay be held on a car or other support.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is a section onthe line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. I

The numeral 1 denotes a portion of a railroad car to which a main frame2 is connected by bolts 3 or otherwise, the frame preferably beingenlarged slightly, at its sides, as shown at 41, to accommodate thebolts. In the top of the main frame 2, intermediate the ends thereof, anopening 5 is formed in the main frame. In the sides of the main frame,near to the top thereof, notches or seats 6 are fashioned.

An auxiliarv frame 7 fits Within the main frame 2 and rests against thecar 1, the auxiliary frame being provided at its upper corners with stubshafts 8 mounted in the notches or seats 6 of the main frame 2. A bar 9extends across the auxiliary frame 7, one end of the bar being enlargedto form an eye or handle 10. The other end of the Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Serial No. 391,367.

bar 9 projects beyond thetop of the aux-.

iliary frame 7 and overhangs the top of the main frame 1, the projectingportion of the bar being broadened as indicated at 11 so that a socket12 may be formed in the rear surface of the said projecting portion. Oneend of a compression spring is mounted in the opening 5, the other endof the spring being mounted in the socket 12.

In practical operation, the auxiliary frame 7 may be swung outwardly atits lower end, the frame pivoting on the stub shafts 8, and the spring20 being put under compression. A card 25 may be slipped under the frame7, the bar 9 pressing the card against the car 1 when the frame 7 isreleased, the spring 20 serving to press the frame 7 inwardly againstthe car. The spring 20 is housed in the socket 152 and in the opening 5so that practically none'of the spring is exposed to the weather.

I claim In a device of the class described, pivotally connected frameslocated one within the other, the innerframe embodying a cross barincluding a projecting portion overhanging the outer frame; and acompression spring interposed between said projecting portion and theouter frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature.

ANDREW E. DELANEY.

